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Apple Announces August 28th Availability of Snow Leopard

If I just bought a MBP 5 days ago... can I get them to upgrade me to SL for free? Or am I being punished for not waiting
 
Two questions:

-will this support on-the-fly switching between graphics cards on the MBPs?

- is delivery date also the 28th if I pre-order through Amazon, or likely later?

Thanks!
 
andyACEcandy said:
If I just bought a MBP 5 days ago... can I get them to upgrade me to SL for free? Or am I being punished for not waiting
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That's what the Up-to-Date program is for ... it's not punishment, you just have to pay $9.95 shipping.

jmpage2 said:
That hardly seems true since Win 7, which will also be a DVD sized release will be made available as a download purchase from MS.
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MS is also A LOT bigger than Apple, meaning they have more servers already in place dedicated for updates. All they have to do is load them up with W7.
 
Detektiv-Pinky said:
Do you get money from Apple for this free advertising?
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Dude, why go out of your way to pick fights?

Wander on down to the Ku'Damm, I suspect it's as much of a party place as it was 20-some years ago. Drink a few dunkelbierren. Relax a bit.

Then come back Friday or Saturday and install Snow Leopard, and enjoy life. After all, that's what we're all here for, nicht wahr?
 
arkmannj said:
On Friday, I'm going to be doing one thing after work - Spending time with my wife. Can't wait!

(Yes I've got SL pre-ordered, but just sayin' what I'm excited to do on Friday)
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I spend every evening with my wife, so Friday will be with Snow Leopard
 
r.j.s said:
That's what the Up-to-Date program is for ... it's not punishment, you just have to pay $9.95 shipping.



MS is also A LOT bigger than Apple, meaning they have more servers already in place dedicated for updates. All they have to do is load them up with W7.
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The Developer Builds are downloaded. The other issue is getting mom and pop to understand taking the .img and putting it on another partition, thumb drive, or Dual Layer DVD.
 
when

WHen does the ilife suite usually come out. May get the box set then; though waitng might kill me
 
jmpage2 said:
That hardly seems true since Win 7, which will also be a DVD sized release will be made available as a download purchase from MS.
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And do you remember the massive failure that occurred when they released the first beta?

And consider that most Windows users don't upgrade their OS until they purchase a new computer.
 
bpd115 said:
The Developer Builds are downloaded.
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They are also being delivered to a MUCH smaller audience.

The other issue is getting mom and pop to understand taking the .img and putting it on another partition, thumb drive, or Dual Layer DVD.
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They could make an app that just asks for a DL DVD, and it does all the work.
 
Warbrain said:
And do you remember the massive failure that occurred when they released the first beta?

And consider that most Windows users don't upgrade their OS until they purchase a new computer.
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I won't use any windows before its sp1 release.

Consider the recent crap 7 RTM.....now I have to reinstall vista sp2 or xp sp3....:mad::mad:
 
I'm so excited for Snow Leopard that I've themed my entire Leopard install so that it looks exactly like Snow Leopard! ;)
 
arkmannj said:
On Friday, I'm going to be doing one thing after work - Spending time with my wife. Can't wait!

(Yes I've got SL pre-ordered, but just sayin' what I'm excited to do on Friday)
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haha,,, I was like thats cool, then I saw you were from Utah... and realized, man... thats typical. (nothin against utah, since i'm from there) but yes... very typical
 
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